Recommended by John Busser

A play that, on the surface (pun intended), looks like a darkly comic take on death, but actually takes on more weighty topics like free will and making decisions that will better us as people, instead of staying in a bad situation. Jacquie Floyd-Priskorn always writes deeper (again, pun intended) that you think, and this play will stay with you long after you've read it, of better yet, seen it performed.

Perfection can be found in strange places, if we know where to look for it. Jennifer has found hers, and it was closer than we thought. Rachel Feeny-Williams gives us a character who takes dependence on technology to another level. And as long as she's happy, who are we to argue it? Although this is light hearted, it's also though provoking stuff.

This wonderfully written piece by Dana hall is both frustrating and heartbreaking at the same time. A woman feels the sting of well-meaning, but ultimately hurtful comments from the outside while her body produces a mass of cells that will never develop into a child on the inside. A war on two fronts with no winners. Well done.

Your imagination is going to go crazy thanks to Julia Everitt's horror-tinged audio drama. While the narration supplies the backdrop, whatever you conjure in your mind while listening to this tale of little girls and demons will paint the scene. Creepy fun.

A wonderfully darkish monologue that starts out normally and goes black as night by the end. I wasn't expecting it to go where it went and I'm glad I didn't call it. Well done.

No one EVER pays attention to the townsfolk when the killer strikes, but Stuart Hoffman does. His darkly comic DOOMED hits its target like an knife to the chest pointing out that the annoying warnings of the local yokels should be heeded before it's too late. Fun with a wink to the horror crowd, I'd like to see this staged.

A most peculiar tale indeed! Rob Dames creates a 10 minute play with the logic of a dream and the elegance of a Monty Python sketch. The fun lies in wondering where it could possibly go. I know where it SHOULD go. To the stage.

The power of this play comes from not knowing the full details and having to piece things together from what you THINK is going on. It's beautifully constructed, doling out just enough info to keep you intrigued, and wanting more. Things are gonna get messy here, and this play makes you just WISH you had a better view of the upcoming carnage. Really well done character piece.

I loved this play about two souls, one who wants to kill himself and the other who is slowly killing himself, coming to terms with their lives and maybe, just maybe, saving each other. A terrific premise and characters that make me want to follow them to the bar to play darts just to see where this goes next. IF, that is, the last line of the play doesn't hilariously screw that up. Terrific ending.

An amazing play by Robert LeBlanc that doesn't disappoint. 10 minutes of tension building as a man seeking redemption(?), acceptance(?), punishment(?) gets what he needs from an unlikely source. Just not in a way he, or the audience expects, I'll bet. Wonderful moments discussing how each character views their lot in life elevate this play to a higher level. Wonderfully written. And the end? You'll be talking about this one.